Monitoring Reports

CONCLUSION OF THE DROUGHT EXERCISE - Afternoon simulated Potomac flow and demand update (Tuesday 10/11/2020) - DROUGHT EXERCISE

This afternoon email report concludes CO-OP's 2016 Washington Metropolitan Area Drought Exercise. We conduct these exercises every year to practice communications and operational procedures that would be used in case of actual low flow conditions in the Potomac River. Thank you all for helping us stay well prepared for drought!

ACTUAL - Basin and system conditions:

There are no changes in requested SIMULATED operations this afternoon.

ACTUAL - Basin and system conditions:

Yesterday's basin-wide average precipitation (above Little Falls):
0.033 inches
(based on CO-OP's Low Flow Forecast System analysis of MARFC gridded multisensor precipitation estimates)

There are no changes in requested SIMULATED operations this afternoon.

ACTUAL - Basin and system conditions:

Yesterday's basin-wide average precipitation (above Little Falls):
0.689 inches
(based on CO-OP's Low Flow Forecast System analysis of MARFC gridded quantitative precipitation estimates)

There are no changes in requested SIMULATED operations this afternoon.

ACTUAL - Basin and system conditions:

Yesterday's basin-wide average precipitation (above Little Falls):
0.052 inches
(based on CO-OP's Low Flow Forecast System analysis of MARFC gridded quantitative precipitation estimates)

There are no changes in requested SIMULATED operations this afternoon.

ACTUAL - Basin and system conditions:

Yesterday's basin-wide average precipitation (above Little Falls):
0 inches
(based on CO-OP's Low Flow Forecast System analysis of MARFC gridded quantitative precipitation estimates)

DROUGHT EXERCISE - Afternoon simulated Potomac flow and demand update (Wednesday 10/05/2020) - DROUGHT EXERCISE

Yesterday's basin-wide average precipitation (above Little Falls):
0 inches
(based on CO-OP's Low Flow Forecast System analysis of MARFC gridded quantitative precipitation estimates)

This is Day 2 of the annual Washington metropolitan area (WMA) drought exercise. The exercise scenario appears below. During the exercise, WMA water suppliers are sending data on withdrawals and reservoir levels twice daily, and ICPRB CO-OP staff are communicating via phone with supplier operations staff regarding requested operational changes.

EXERCISE SCENARIO

This is Day 1 of the annual Washington metropolitan area (WMA) drought exercise, which will be conducted on Wednesday, Nov 20 and Thursday, Nov 21. The exercise scenario appears below. During the exercise, WMA water suppliers are sending data on withdrawals and reservoir levels twice daily, and ICPRB CO-OP staff are communicating via phone with supplier operations staff regarding requested operational changes.

EXERCISE SCENARIO

NOTE: In our twice daily reports for the 2019 exercise we are reporting ACTUAL basin flows and system withdrawals, and SIMULATED recommended operations

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ACTUAL CONDITIONS REPORTED BELOW

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Daily Monitoring was initiated on 9/23/2019 and discontinued on 10/23/2019.